Stepping True

Disappointing story. Outstanding performance!

Revisado: 05-31-21

The story is disappointing because its predictable and dull. The reader’s performance breathes life into the story and the characters. The reader’s performance made this book worth listening to.

The story finally came alive in its last three chapters.

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Entertaining Pohl Adventure. Not ‘Star Class.’

Revisado: 05-28-21

I was looking forward to listening (reading) another entertaining work of Frederick Pohl. Yet, the story is quite dated and a bit problematic in today’s world.

Also, the story has a weird and slow start. Once it gets going, it’s good. Yet, it skips over plot points that it took ‘pages’ to develop.

Recommended if you are a fan of Pohl.

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Excellent Performance & Story

Revisado: 05-14-21

While this John Brunner book is a good read, its narration makes it a much better story.

Even better is how Erik Bergmann vocalizes each of the characters and narrates the story. Rather than just reading the words on the page, Mr. Bergmann brings the story to life.

Highly recommended! This is an excellent Audible listen.

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Definitely a must listen

Revisado: 04-23-21

Interesting story and a captivating performance makes this book a very interesting listen. Strongly recommended.

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Disappointing as a Listen. May be a better read.

Revisado: 04-20-21

While I am a fan of Isaac Asimov and the Foundation series, I struggled to finish this book for three main reasons.
• One, the readers voice was inappropriate for this title. The readers voice is mostly monotone. So, the droning made it difficult to get into the story and stay with the story for any length of time. Plus, the reader’s monotone voice made it difficult for him to read the character’s voices. Frequently, he would start as a character’s voice and then switch back to his primary voice. So, it was hard to tell when he meant to change the character.

• Two, the production quality is poor. Most productions require some edits. Most of those are edits are seamless and inaudible to the listener. However, with this book many of the edits are quite audible because the reader’s tone changes, and the background noise changes. These edits happen most frequently in the first two-thirds of the book.

• Three, the story repeated several of its elements over and over without reaching a solid conclusion on any of its discussion points. The two main characters (Bliss and Trevize) argue endlessly over being an ‘Isolate’ (an individual) versus being one of the Gaia collective. In the book’s beginning, it’s understood as part of the character’s definition. Yet, it becomes distracting when this same argument is repeated throughout the entire book. Moreover, this is one of many arguments between Bliss and Trevize. These arguments don’t advance either’s point. Instead, the story stalls while these two characters bicker.

If this ‘book’ were not on Audible (a listening experience) and instead it was something to see on a Kindle or in a physical book, it would have been easier to skip the poor sections. Since it wasn’t, it was a struggle to skip the boring parts without missing some of the story.

Unfortunately, this is not a recommended listen. Instead, read Asimov’s previous book _Foundation’s Edge_.

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Surprisingly short and depressing story

Revisado: 04-04-21

while the performance and production are flawless, the story left me wondering what was the point of this tale.

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